Yarn-scouring machine



(No Model.)

lW. MGAFEE.

YARN SGOURING MAGHINE. No. 261,742. y Patented July 25, 1882 WITN INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MCAFEE, 0F INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI.

YARN-SCOURING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,742, dated July 25, 1882.

Application led January 18, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MGAEEE, of Independence, Jackson county, Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Yarn-Securing Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to facilitate the work `of scouring yarn in banks; to which end the invention consists in the combination, with a tank or box, of mechanism for both scouring and wringing the yarn, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view ofthe machine. Fi e. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same on line a w of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a section on line y y of Fig. 2.

A is a box or tank of suitable size and shape.

a is a shaft sustained by bearin gs in a bracket, b, attached on one side of the box, the shaft extending through such side and carrying a roller,c, on its end within the box.

d d' are pulleys fast on the outer end of shaft a.

e is a bar pivoted to the side of and within the box.

j' is a roller ou a shaft that is attached to the moving end of bar e, and g isa rod attached to thebar and extending above the top of box A, this rod being bent, as shown, to take on the side of the box, so as to sustain the bar o and roller j' in araised position. At the other end of box A is a tubular shaft, h, sustained by a bracket, i, and provided with a friction disk or pulley, k, onits outer end, and also with a pulley, l, that connects by belt to pulley d of shaft a. Through shaft h extends a rod, m, having its end Within the box formed as a hook,

n, and having a friction-pulley, o, on its outer Y end. In the boxV is a lever, 1o, pivoted to the bottom thereof.

In operation the. box will contain scouring liquid or suds up to and above lower rollers, and rod g being raised. the banks of yarn are placed on rollers o f. The rod gis then pushed down to tighten the banks and the sbafta revolved by power applied to pulley d', so that the banks are caused to move through-tbe suds. When sufficiently scoured rod g is raised, the banks are removed and others then put on, and while the scouring is again proceedin g the scoured banks are placed on the hook a and lever p, or on a pin at its side, and the lever being drawn outward, the pulley o is brought against pulley 7c, consequently revolving rod m and twisting and wringing the banks.

With this apparatus a single operator can do the Work rapidly and effectively. The scouring is done thoroughly Without tangling or fulling the yarn, and it is left in a softer and better condition. There is also a saving of at least one-half the quantity of soap generally required. The suds will be keptl at proper temperature by steam.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In yarn-scouring machines, the combination ofshaft a, roller o, pivoted armit e, roller f, and rod g with the box A, substantially as shown and described.

2. In yarn-scouring machines, the tubular shaft h, pulley k, hooked rod m, pulley o, and lever p, substantially as shown and described, combined for operation, as set forth.

3. The combination, with box A, of shaft a, provided with pulley d', roller o, adjustable roller f, 'shaft h, provided with pulleys k l, and hook-rod m, provided With pulleys o, substantially as described, for operation as set forth.

WILLIAM MCAEEE.

Witnesses i JNO. F. MCAFEE, C. C. NOLAND. 

